March 2010 Instructor-Led Courses for Early Care and Education Professionals
- Teacher: eLearning Program
Targeted Audience: CHILDREN'S ALLIANCE of KANSAS ONLINE USERS.
Participants in this training will understand general concepts regarding cultural competency when working with children and families. Participants will be able to list at least three specific cultural norms, values, codes of conduct, traditions and child rearing practices of ethnic, cultural and other groups served by programs. Participants will also be able to reflect on cultural norms and codes of conduct in assessing an individual’s or family’s behavior as well as distinguish how discrimination, racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination and oppression can impact individual and family development and functioning. Participants will define cultural child-rearing practices through researching different methods and discussing their findings. This course is instructor-led and interactive through discussions and assignments in course discussion boards.
- Teacher: eLearning Program
Targeted Audience: Early Care and Education Professionals. Participants in this training will understand general concepts regarding cultural competency when working with children and families. Participants will be able to list at least three specific cultural norms, values, codes of conduct, traditions and child rearing practices of ethnic, cultural and other groups served by programs. Participants will also be able to reflect on cultural norms and codes of conduct in assessing an individual’s or family’s behavior as well as distinguish how discrimination, racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia and other forms of discrimination and oppression can impact individual and family development and functioning. Participants will define cultural child-rearing practices through researching different methods and discussing their findings. This course is instructor-led and interactive through discussions and assignments in course discussion boards.
Note: This course is approved by KDHE for 15.0 hours of inservice, and by KACCRRA for 1.5 hours of early childhood CEUs and by a variety of colleges for 1.0 hours of undergraduate and graduate credit.
Cost: $25.00 for inservice hours, $50.00 for college credit or CEU credit.Targeted Audience: Early Care and Education Professionals. Temperament differs from other individual attributes such as intelligence, motivation or interests. Those describe what people do and why they do it. Temperament refers to how they do it. Participants in this training will receive an overview of the nine temperament traits and the variety of influences on temperament styles. Challenging temperaments including the flexible, fearful, and feisty styles will be discussed. Participants will assess a child’s temperament as well as their own temperament to compare for a goodness of fit. This course is instructor-led and interactive through discussions and assignments in course discussion boards.
Cost: $25.00 for inservice hours, $50.00 for college credit or CEU credit
Note: This course is approved by KDHE for 15.0 hours of inservice, by KACCRRA for 1.5 hours of early childhood CEUs, and by a variety of colleges for 1.0 hours of undergraduate and graduate credit.Targeted Audience: Early Care and Education Professionals. Participants enrolled in this course will be able to define the various types of abuse and neglect, and identify signs and symptoms of the different types of abuse and neglect. This course is instructor-led and interactive through discussions and assignments in course discussion boards.
Note: This course is approved by KDHE for 15.0 hours of inservice, by KACCRRA for 1.5 hours of early childhood CEUs, by KSNA for 1.5 hours of CNE credit, and by a variety of colleges for 1.0 hours of undergraduate and graduate credit.Cost: $25.00 for inservice hours, $50.00 for college credit or CEU credit.